Sketchers, Photographers, Poets

'Tea and Symptathy'

Are you 'reeling' from the holiday preparations, social events, art shows and shopping and still trying to fit in 'creating' whether sketching, painting, photographing or writing? Yep, I am, to answer my own question. So, I decided to give my self permission to put a 'rest' in the music of the day. I am going to have a 'cup of tea' with a 'rose' nearby and take time to reflect and embrace the 'moment' and breathe.

Even good happenings are stressful. Holmes and Rahe Stress Scale puts Christmas right in there with all the other life stressors. Even as artists, when a show has finished or a book has been published, there is stress and an adrenaline rush. Then comes the 'let down'. Rest, take a break; do something different; however mundane it might seem. The 'music of the day' will play on and you will get back in the flow. As I write this, I am speaking to my self as well writing for the blog. Breathe and balance another two mantras for me.

Carol, your words, your pictures, and your sketches all are just wanted I needed on this dreary Sunday. It is a perfect day to drink a cup of tea and take a deep breath. Thank you for the reminder. Have a wonderful week.

Hi Carol, This is the last few lines of a poem my son wrote when he was about 16.Because I saw her in a sleepas dark & desolate & deep& fleeting as the taunting nightthat flings a vision of delightto some,loan martyr as he liesin slumber ere the day he dies-because she vanished like a gleamof glory, do I call her "Dream".Sorry so long